New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-11-28

.o, ar,,s. Mr. Bvnum reckons As surplus the amount
IN. s. ssy
aide for the payment of Government nonas SenstSr
SaS but SsS Scss s SR'PS
plus itself will cut direct figure hs ID ia Lssor 81 ~
ducing tho Internal taxes and the custom dues large
extent o, -, rax.. .o,o. .Or ono
party depends upon our reducing the revenue
KspFescntativo Townsnend. OF Illinois. said tonight
ayes. mark my words; We shall pass Dill aud tue
Senate will agree to T..
"weil. we shall add to the free list lumber. salt,
t acap OF " siooSo01o would vote. though rather
reinctsny. TO put wool on tho free list also Then we
will reduce the duty fifty per cent which will
cut OF S25 100000 Then will reduce On the
general tariff list $l50O00oOt TO s25oOOooO more and
of cigars and cigarettes which will give us reduction
os o. 10 Ths about what
NO will do"
THAT WICKED REPUBLICAN MINORITY.
From nearly all of then, however. ono hears a good
deal about "the narrow Democratic majority In tho
Heuse." coupled with expressions OF misgiving as 10
what the wicked Republican minority may do Appar-
entity they are getting ready TO charge any failure
for which they may be responsible to the minority
But what will the Republicans do Among those "ho
have arrived here the opinion seems 10 DC UNANIMOUS
that the minority the House should stand by tho
principles of the party and while asst tng ana main
tanning TO the fullest the doctrine OF protection
10 American industry 1t should pracucahy suPpo ,
measure inconsistent herewith Tor the rouucuop VI
ssJ Seseral Browne OF Indiana, for the last three
wears a member Of the ways and Means Committee:
1--WE ought get into panic ever this surplus and
that For my part should favor the repeal OF the
tobacco radical reduction II not the aDsolue re-
peal OF The duties accompanied II need be by
bounty TO domestic producers and perhaps the placing
the free list Of lumber In the rough . .,..s
Another Republican oil great experience III ous,ne SS
affairs ami odsstly requested that his name shGnid
he withheld because he is lew sa 10 r.dncs
the revenue by tariff legislation. We must either MAKE
many industries and cripple others or we must RAISE t"o
rates OF duty on certain articles ,, A., .. In.
Mr.. Ryan, of Kansas. said: :" thnk the uine mas
GENE when the Republican party must meet TINS ques
ton II the revenues from sugar anu onacco Co, ~ h
ef do not think that further reduction "oui" oc hoo
Major Fsrouhar said: swell think would better
have revenuel legislation We can get ria OF the
surplus easily enough by repeating the internal taNes on
BY abolishlng the duty sugar Then 10y raising me
of duty Wherever necessary we can prevent iuluo
Accommodations OF surplus III the Treasury
VIEWS OF SENATOR'S SHERMAN AND ALLISON.
Senator sherman's views given as follows; Sen.
ator sherman favors revival of the Distribution Act OF
1887 by which the surplus could be distributed 10 Inc
States upon the basis OF population Internal improve
ments the abolition of the tobacco tax free sugar ana
a bounty TO sugar makers would not do it, lie thinks
the question reducing the surplus will come up win
the tariff and that the Senate will bring III new blI
when receives the work of the House So there VIII
ol necessity he great delay IN ilna acton ,
senator liSon thinks that II Is the duty or the cohS
Congress to provide III some way Tor the IeuvIo III Inc
natter ,,utl after measure has been maturet in the
other branch Congress and submitted TO the senate
OF thing he Is sure. namely tha KeluDuVls nato
desire 10 oppose tariff revision III facuouS SpIa,
But they determined he says. 10 see that y loe
In such a way as To cripple industries which nave
been called into life by protective tarlu lDe same
views are shared by Senator Spooncr.
Representative Hit has little hopes that anythi ,
Will he accompli shed by this Congress lie c"hccdcs e
necessity of the surplus but he does not see now Tue
Democrats in the House can possibly unite on Sire
proposition of tariff revision, except that OF c"hsrra
lion pcrhaps Taking up the different items OF lalI
bill he thinks. Their majority. already slender. w9uid
dwin lie away completely. He seems To favor rcuuc
the surplus by the purchase OF bonds n me open
have been adopcl when first the question OF con
stantly growing surplus arose.